Introduction
Educational Background
Schedule
Charter College of Education

Lawson, V Bush
Professor/Director, UCI/CSULA Joint Doctoral Program, Educational Leadership

Office: KH2049
Phone: (323) 343-4269
FAX: (323) 343-4252
Email: lbush2@calstatela.edu

INTRODUCTION

In addition to his book, Can Black Mothers Raise Our Sons? and his forthcoming book and workbook entitled The Blueprint: For Black Mothers Raising Boys from Conception through College and The Blueprint Workbook, he has published over 20 articles addressing African American educational history, African-centered education, school desegregation, and Black male schooling and developmental issues in such publications as Educational Horizons, Urban Education, Journal of Negro Education, American Secondary Education, Journal of Black Studies, Black Issues in Higher Education, Community College Journal, and the Sage Handbook of Educational Leadership. His aforementioned research foci situate him as the leading expert on the relationship between Black mothers and their sons and the development of Independent Black Institutions (IBIs) in the United States. He is also the author of the widely used “African Educator’s Declaration.” His work in the academy has been augmented by his tenure as the founder and director of the following programs and organizations: Imani Saturday Academy, Neighborhood Manhood Development Program, Tehuti Educational Consortium, and the Afrikan-centered Charter School Group. Additionally, he serves as the secretary of Building Libraries for Africa (www.librariesforAfrica.com) which is an organization that builds libraries in rural villages to promote literacy and Pan-Africanism. Personally speaking, he is a husband and a father to three children: Chioma, Thandiwe and Lawson/Heru the 6th.

Representative Professional Activities

Date

Publications
forthcoming The Blueprint: For Black Mothers Raising Boys from Conception through College. Third World Press.
forthcoming The Blueprint Workbook: For Black Mothers Raising Boys from Conception through College. Third World Press.
2009 One initiative at a time: A look at emerging African American male Programs in the California Community College System. In H. Frierson, W. Pearson, & J. Wyche (Eds.) Black American males in higher education: Diminishing proportions. (pp. 253-270). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
2009, April 30 Perspectives: African-American Ph.D.s: Good enough for America’s educational institutions? Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Retrieve from http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_12522.shtml.
2008, August 5 More than gatekeepers: Counselors, African-American males, and college access. Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
2007 Apologia for K.W.: A brief tale of wounded love, schools, and being Black in America. Multicultural Education Magazine,15(2), 7-12.
2007 African American alumni feelings of attachment to a predominately white research-intensive university. College Student Journal 41(1), 203-216.
2006 The collective unconscious: New thoughts on the existence of independent Black institutions. The Journal of Pan African Studies 1(6), 48-66 (http://www.jpanafrican.com).
2005 Stopping the stereotypes. Black Issues in Higher Education, 22 , (13), 66.
2005 Black male achievement and the community college. Community College Week , p.4. [a reprinted invited article from Black Issues in Higher Education].
2005 Don’t ask and we won’t tell: A case for institutional accountability regarding African American Male achievement in California Community Colleges. Black Issues in Higher Education, 22(2), 44.
2004 How Black mothers participate in the development of manhood and masculinity: What do we know about Black mothers and their sons? Journal of Negro Education,(73)4, 381-391.
2004

Leading schools through culturally responsive inquiry. In F. English (Ed.), Sage Handbook of Educational Leadership (pp. 269-296). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2004, April/May “Beware of false prophets” (and promises): African American males and California community colleges. Community College Journal, (74)5 36-39.
2004

Access, school choice, and independent Black institutions: A historical perspective.  Journal of Black Studies, 34(3) 386-401.

2002 School choice: An opportunity to build independent Black institutions? Journal of Communications and Minority Issues, 7(1) 9-15
2002 It takes a village: The retention of students of color in predominantly white colleges. NASAP Journal, 5(1), 40-49.
2002 Standing in the gap: A model for establishing African American male intervention programs within public schools. Educational Horizons, 80(3), 140-146.
2001 Magnet schools: Desegregation or resegregation? Students’ voices from inside the walls. American Secondary Education, 29(3), 33-50.
2001 Standardized testing: For richer or poorer, for democracy or meritocracy? Connections: Journal of Principal Development and Preparation, 3, 15-19.
2000

Black mothers/Black sons: A critical examination of the social science literature.  Western Journal of Black Studies, 24(3), 145-154.

2000

Solve for X: Black women + Black boys = X.  Journal of African American Men, 5(2), 31-53.

1999  Can Black mothers raise our sons?  Chicago: African American Images.
1999

Am I a man?: A literature review engaging the sociohistorical dynamics of Black manhood in the United States. Western Journal of Black Studies, 23(1), 49-57.
1997

Independent Black institutions in America: A rejection of schooling, an opportunity for education?  Urban Education, 32(1), 98-116. 

1995

Africentric independent Black institutions: A means to social justice? In A. Darder (Ed.), Bicultural Studies in Education: Transgressive discourses of resistance and possibility (pp. 91-105).  The Institute for Education in Transformation: Claremont, CA.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Education 5/98
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, CA

MA Guidance and Counseling 6/94
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

BS Human Development 6/93
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

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